Improvement in patterns for measuring and laying out garments



@tutti i @fitte FANNIE wETMoIIE, or oIIIoAeo, IL-LINoIs.

Letters Patent No. 110,097, dated December 13,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PATTERNS FCR MEASURING ANDLAYING OUT GARMVENTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, Mrs. FANNIE Wn'IMoRn, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois, have invented certain Improvements in Patterns ihr-Measuring and Laying out Garments, ot' which the following is a specifica-tion. I employ patterns or forms marked or printed upon paper, or cut in .pasteboard or metal, of a peculiar -form, as will appeal'.

These patterns have certain rule or guide-lines, and also graduated lines marked withigures'Y to. correspond one with another at various points in the pat-` tern.- i

Measurements are ltaken upon the person and a pat- 'tern cut by the model or form, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is the model for the front of the waist or body. f

Figure 2 -is the model for the back of the waist or body.

Figure 3 is the model for the large audsmall darts.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing the manner of cutting the front of the waist or body'.

' Figure 5 is a diagram showing the manner of cut- .ting the back ofthe waist'or bo, y.

Figure 6 is the model for the back fo1mrule,"and for drafting coi-sage waist and basque.

Figure 7 is the-model for childs arm size.

The following is my process of measuring and drafting, so fully, clearly, and exactly explained as to enable otheis skilled in the art to use the same.

, First, raise the arm level with the shoulder, then place-an ordinary tape-measure Vat the center of the bust, and measure straight to the arm. This I term the bust measure.

Second, measure straight across the back from arm to arm; take` one-halt' of this measure and it will be what I term the back measure.

Third, place the tape at the center of the back ol the neck and measure to the bottom of thc waist.

This is what I term the length of back measure.A

Fourth, place the tape close under the arm and measure to the bottom of .the waist. AThis is what I tenu :the under-arm seam measure. l

Fifth', draw the tape tight around the waist for the waist measure, then take one-half of lthis and subtract t\voand one-half to three inches (owing to size of per- Examplfor Drafting and Cuttingu First,let the bust measure be, say ten inches, as is represented at the line A in the diagram, g. 4.

Second, let the back measure be, say sixteen inches divide this by two, and we have eight inches as backmeasure, as is represented at the line B., tig. 5..

Third, let the length of `back measure be, say ftecn inches, as at the line O.

Fourth, let the under-arm measure be, sayjeight inches, as at the line D. i

Fifth, let lthe measure around the waist be, say twenty-live inches; divide this by two, giving twelve and one-half inches, from which subtract three inches for the back, as shownatline E. The remaining nine and one-halt' inches will bethe front of Waist measure; mark this measure upon the bottom of the waist F, commencing from the front cen-ter line G.

Sixth, measure from under the arm down two aud one-half inches to the point H, at which point place a straight edge or ruler, and draw the line I, lowering at front G one inch. This is the top dart line.

Along this line from the front G, measure three and one-half inches, which gives the point J of the first dart. Then measure three and one-halt` inches from this for the point J of the second dart. Then meas.- ure oft nine and one-half inches on the line F to the point K, vwhich point mark. Then measure from line G, on the line F, one and one-half inch, for frontline of first dart, thenleave one-halt` inch interval between darts. The darts are then drafted by applying the model, fig. 3. Now allow from the nine and one-halt'- inch mark twice the width ofthe darts, viz., six inches, t'o replace what has been taken up by same, which will bring the line F to the point L.

The garment is drafted, of course, by appl-ying the models and marking at the several graduated scalemarks for the figures corresponding to the measurements taken, which scales are shown in the several figs. l and 2, there being a scale for each corresponding measurement.

It will be observed that the dart, backform, and arm-size patterns are of the ordinary shape, and

adapted to be used in the usual manner in connection with the front and back patterns.

YVhat I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The front and back patterns, figs. 1 and 2shaped and graduatedas described and shown for the purpose speciiied.

Witnesses: MRS. FANNIE WETMORE. J.W.MU NDAY,

L. L. GOBURN. 

